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03-10-2009, 08:51 PM
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7 Points: Not Easily Intimidated
By Ed Thompson
Scout.com Senior NFL Analyst
Posted Mar 6, 2009
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Defensive tackle Ron Brace didn't think it was possible for him to be awed by anyone he met at the NFL Scouting Combine. The Boston College defensive tackle had mentally prepared himself for the fact that he was going to be sitting face-to-face with NFL head coaches. And he was ready to project his confidence and football knowledge to them as they showed him film and grilled him with questions.
But during his formal interview with the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of 14 clubs he sat down with in Indianapolis, Brace was introduced to one person who threw him off balance for a moment—Hall-of-Fame defensive tackle Joe Green.
" I think that's probably the first time in my life I've ever gotten star-struck," Brace said during a recent phone interview. " My voice kind of cracked a little bit when I said 'hi' to him. I was just in awe. I was like, ' this is Mean Joe Greene's hand I'm shaking'. If it hadn't been a formal interview, I would've been dying to ask him for a picture. But that's kind of unprofessional."
Brace, who finished sixth in the bench press with 32 reps, plans to run the 20-yard shuttle and the 40-yard dash in addition to participating in position drills at his Pro Day on March 12. As he reflected on his Combine performance, he was particularly pleased with his performance during position drills.
"The one thing that I wanted to go down there and show them was that I’m not just a big slug," the 6-foot-3, 330-pound lineman said. " I have good feet. I think they could see that in our position drills because I’m
Link to full article: http://profootball.scout.com/2/844509.html
7 Points: Not Easily Intimidated
By Ed Thompson
Scout.com Senior NFL Analyst
Posted Mar 6, 2009
.......
Defensive tackle Ron Brace didn't think it was possible for him to be awed by anyone he met at the NFL Scouting Combine. The Boston College defensive tackle had mentally prepared himself for the fact that he was going to be sitting face-to-face with NFL head coaches. And he was ready to project his confidence and football knowledge to them as they showed him film and grilled him with questions.
But during his formal interview with the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of 14 clubs he sat down with in Indianapolis, Brace was introduced to one person who threw him off balance for a moment—Hall-of-Fame defensive tackle Joe Green.
" I think that's probably the first time in my life I've ever gotten star-struck," Brace said during a recent phone interview. " My voice kind of cracked a little bit when I said 'hi' to him. I was just in awe. I was like, ' this is Mean Joe Greene's hand I'm shaking'. If it hadn't been a formal interview, I would've been dying to ask him for a picture. But that's kind of unprofessional."
Brace, who finished sixth in the bench press with 32 reps, plans to run the 20-yard shuttle and the 40-yard dash in addition to participating in position drills at his Pro Day on March 12. As he reflected on his Combine performance, he was particularly pleased with his performance during position drills.
"The one thing that I wanted to go down there and show them was that I’m not just a big slug," the 6-foot-3, 330-pound lineman said. " I have good feet. I think they could see that in our position drills because I’m
Link to full article: http://profootball.scout.com/2/844509.html